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Book/Printed Material Narrative of the life, trial, confession, sentence of death, and execution, of Ebenezer W. Cox, who was executed at Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va. August 27th, 1830 for the murder of Col. Th. B. Dunn, United States' superintendent at Harper's Ferry, January 29th, 1830

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  • Narrative of the life, trial, confession, sentence of death, and execution, of Ebenezer W. Cox, who was executed at Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va. August 27th, 1830 for the murder of Col. Th. B. Dunn, United States' superintendent at Harper's Ferry, January 29th, 1830 : to which is now added the appeal of Daniel Stipes, one of the parties accused : likewise, a melancholy account of the murder of Thos. Griffin Thornton, late sheriff of Caroline County, Va., perpetrated by Charles Young ...

Names

  • Nourse, Gabriel, 1770-1839.
  • Cox, Ebenezer W.
  • Young, Charles, -1830.
  • Virginia. Superior Court of Law (Jefferson County)
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Winchester : Samuel H. Davis, printer, 1830.

Headings

  • -  Cox, Ebenezer W.,--1808-1830--Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Young, Charles,---1830--Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Trials (Murder)--Virginia

Notes

  • -  "The case of Ebenezer Cox ... came up for trial on Tuesday 20th July, in the superior court of law for Jefferson county": p. 10.

Medium

  • 32 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF223.C675 N68 1830

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2001552337

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  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Nourse, Gabriel, Ebenezer W Cox, Charles Young, Virginia. Superior Court Of Law, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. Narrative of the life, trial, confession, sentence of death, and execution, of Ebenezer W. Cox, who was executed at Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va. August 27th,for the murder of Col. Th. B. Dunn, United States' superintendent at Harper's Ferry, January 29th,: to which is now added the appeal of Daniel Stipes, one of the parties accused: likewise, a melancholy account of the murder of Thos. Griffin Thornton, late sheriff of Caroline County, Va., perpetrated by Charles Young. Winchester: Samuel H. Davis, printer, 1830. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001552337/.

APA citation style:

Nourse, G., Cox, E. W., Young, C., Virginia. Superior Court Of Law & Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. (1830) Narrative of the life, trial, confession, sentence of death, and execution, of Ebenezer W. Cox, who was executed at Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va. August 27th,for the murder of Col. Th. B. Dunn, United States' superintendent at Harper's Ferry, January 29th,: to which is now added the appeal of Daniel Stipes, one of the parties accused: likewise, a melancholy account of the murder of Thos. Griffin Thornton, late sheriff of Caroline County, Va., perpetrated by Charles Young. Winchester: Samuel H. Davis, printer. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001552337/.

MLA citation style:

Nourse, Gabriel, et al. Narrative of the life, trial, confession, sentence of death, and execution, of Ebenezer W. Cox, who was executed at Charlestown, Jefferson County, Va. August 27th,for the murder of Col. Th. B. Dunn, United States' superintendent at Harper's Ferry, January 29th,: to which is now added the appeal of Daniel Stipes, one of the parties accused: likewise, a melancholy account of the murder of Thos. Griffin Thornton, late sheriff of Caroline County, Va., perpetrated by Charles Young. Winchester: Samuel H. Davis, printer, 1830. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001552337/>.